live

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of LIVE

to have a home <he lives next door to the hospital>

Synonyms abide, dwell, reside

Related Words lodge, settle, stay; frequent, hang (at), haunt, visit; cohabit, inhabit, occupy; people, populate; lease, rent, sublet, tenant

to have life <Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece>

Synonyms breathe, exist, live, subsist

Related Words abide, continue, endure, hold on, hold up, keep (on), kick, last, lead, persist, rule, run on, survive; move; flourish, prosper, thrive

Near Antonyms disappear, evaporate, vanish; cease, desist, discontinue, end, quit, stop; abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane

Antonyms depart, die, expire, pass away, perish, succumb

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